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‘I were but little happy, if I could say how much’: Shakespeare’s insights on happiness have held up for more than 400 years

What is “happiness” – and who gets to be happy?

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Punishment in search of a crime – Franz Kafka’s The Trial at 100

“A book,” a 20-year-old Franz Kafka wrote to his friend Oskar Pollack in 1904, “must be the axe for the frozen sea inside us.” It is a quintessential Kafka image. I see an ice-axe, the sharpened point of its curved metal head shattering a vast plane of ice into hairline…

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Art Deco: 100 years since the Paris exhibition that revolutionised modern design

On 28 April 1925, the International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts opened in Paris. It was a landmark event in the evolution of art, architecture and design, and aroused great interest both for the works on display and for their impact.

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When rock music met ancient archeology: the enduring power of Pink Floyd Live at Pompeii

The 1972 concert film Pink Floyd Live at Pompeii, back in cinemas this week, remains one of the most unique concert documentaries ever recorded by a rock band.

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All models are wrong − a computational modeling expert explains how engineers make them useful

Nicknamed “Galloping Gertie” for its tendency to bend and undulate, the Tacoma Narrows Bridge had just opened to traffic on July 1, 1940. In a now infamous failure, in the face of moderate winds the morning of Nov. 7, 1940, the bridge started to repeatedly twist. After an hour of…

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Railways were essential to carrying out the Holocaust – decades later, corporate reckoning continues

The Holocaust could not have happened without the railways.

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Why does Putin insist Ukranians and Russians are ‘one people’? The answer spans centuries of colonisation and resistance

Russian president Vladimir Putin does not seem interested in peace: Sunday’s missile strike on Sumy, the worst civilian attack this year, proves he is determined to expand into Ukraine at any cost.

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A Roman governor ordered Jesus’ crucifixion – so why did many Christians blame Jews for centuries?

It’s a straightforward part of the Easter story: The Roman governor Pontius Pilate had Jesus of Nazareth killed by his soldiers. He imposed a sentence that Roman judges often inflicted on social subversives – crucifixion.

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Changing the Eurocentric narrative about the history of science – why multiculturalism matters

In the 11th century in Cairo, the foundations for modern science were laid through the detention of an innocent man.

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What ancient animal fables from India teach about political wisdom

In today’s volatile world, where wars can be fought over territory, commerce can be abruptly subjected to tariffs, and friendly nations can turn hostile after a single election, political leadership is more consequential than ever. So, one must ask, what makes a leader effective, and how should we choose who…

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Passion, integrity and self-reliance: why Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre is a heroine for our times

In our guides to the classics, experts explain key literary works.

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National monuments have grown and shrunk under US presidents for over a century thanks to one law: The Antiquities Act

America’s public lands, from its majestic national parks to its vast national forests, are at the heart of the country’s identity.

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Taking a leap of faith into imaginary numbers opens new doors in the real world through complex analysis

To a nonmathematician, having the letter “i” represent a number that does not quite exist and is “imaginary” can be hard to wrap your head around. If you open your mind to this way of thinking, however, a whole new world becomes possible.

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Butterflies declined by 22% in just 2 decades across the US – there are ways you can help save them

If the joy of seeing butterflies seems increasingly rare these days, it isn’t your imagination.

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‘A miracle of Western tenacity’: how 10 million refugees found homes after World War II

A disaster. That was the fitting word for the Europe that emerged immediately after 1945, covered in soot from cities turned to ashes. Life had collapsed.

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How ‘muscular Christianity’ strove to bring men back to religion – and what it can teach us today

Most people recognise organisations such as the YMCA and the Boy Scouts, or events such as the Modern Olympic Games, summer camps and wilderness retreats.

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Butchers, bakers, candlestick-makers − and prostitutes: The women working behind the scenes in papal Avignon

In the medieval church, women’s roles were limited – usually some form of enclosure and celibacy, such as becoming an anchoress walled up alone for life, or a nun in a classic convent. On the other extreme were a few dramatic examples of women who made history for the church…

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500 years ago, German peasants revolted – but their faith that the Protestant Reformation stood for freedom was dashed by Martin Luther and the nobility

Five hundred years ago, in the winter of 1524-1525, bands of peasants roamed the German countryside seeking recruits. It was the start of the German Peasants’ War, the largest uprising in Europe before the French Revolution. The peasants’ goal was to overturn serfdom and create a fairer society grounded on…

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Making sex deadly for insects could control pests that carry disease and harm crops

Insects do a lot more harm than ruining picnics. Some insects spread devastating diseases, while others cause staggering economic losses in agriculture. To control some of these pests, scientists are developing males that make sex a deadly event.

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Friday essay: as the legacy media have dumbed down, The New Yorker has dumbed up

Like many, I entered The New Yorker through the cartoon door. The first cartoon I loved, and remember to this day, featured a New Yorker staple – two guys sitting in a bar – with one saying to the other: “I wish just once someone would say to me, ‘I…

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Loss of forests brought new birds to NZ during the last Ice Age – we’re witnessing a similar process now

When people arrived on the shores of Aotearoa New Zealand and began to turn the land to their needs, they set in motion great changes.

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Gut-wrenching love: What a fresh look at the ‘Good Samaritan’ story says for ethics today

The Bible story of the Good Samaritan is more than a mainstay of Sunday school courses. “Good samaritan” is the catch-all way to describe a do-gooder – someone who stops to change the tire of a stranded motorist, helps a lost child find their parents in a store and gives…

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Friday essay: a reinvention of self – the pleasure of literary journeys

In the hiatus that was COVID lockdown, the novelty of “staying put” had a peculiar grace and delight. To limit one’s trajectory to five kilometres meant homing in on the small and the local: the seasonal repetitions of a plant blossoming in a neighbour’s garden, new pale green leaves on…

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Why are rubies red and emeralds green? Their colors come from the same metal in their atomic structure

The colors of rubies and emeralds are so striking that they define shades of red and green – ruby red and emerald green. But have you ever wondered how they get those colors?

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Activists are warning of a return to the Jim Crow era in America. But who or what was Jim Crow?

Since becoming president, Donald Trump has issued a record number of executive orders. Several aim to dismantle federally funded initiatives based on the idea that “diversity, equity, and inclusion” (DEI) are goals worth achieving.

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